More than 1 million international students studied in the United States last year. That was an increase of 7 percent, according to the U.S. Department of State. The number of international students studying in Wisconsin increased by about 6 percent last year, according to the Institute of International Education.

Environmental advocates gathered in Eau Claire this week to urge the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to do more to protect Wisconsin waters from pollution and expressed concern over the environment's future with Republican Donald Trump as president of the United States.

Conservative talk radio host Charlie Sykes told a crowd on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus Tuesday it was impossible to talk about President-elect Donald Trump without discussing the "racism and xenophobia" that had been normalized by his campaign, calling them a "cancer" the Republican Party would have to confront.

The 2016 election was challenging and divisive between the Republican and Democratic parties in several different ways. However, Collin O'Mara, president and CEO of the National Wildlife Federation, said restoring our wildlife and America's natural resources has the potential to unite both major political parties.

Barca first assumed the role of minority leader in 2011. He was uncontested in his re-election bid. After his re-election, Barca told fellow Democrats he was shocked by the results of last week's election, calling the results "shocking" and "gut-wrenching."

Two design experts join us to tell us how to use principles of design to plan, choose and build our own best lives. Part of the secret, according to our guests, is building instead of thinking our way forward. We'll talk with the authors of the book 'Designing Your Life.'

A new effort by Safe Communities Madison-Dane County kicked off Tuesday to help prevent suicides. The new tactic, the Gun Shop Project, involves gun shop owners and was unveiled in Madison as part of its Zero Suicide initiative.

Despite the questions around Hillary Clinton’s private email server, her ties to Wall Street, her vulnerability on trade and many other concerns, Democratic leaders pushed for her as their presidential candidate. The wrong candidate for this election, according to political commentator Thomas Frank. Frank, a progressive pundit and author of...

President-elect Donald Trump's surprise victory last week still has many Americans stunned. None more so than parents of children of color, LGBT or who are immigrants. These parents somehow need to explain how Trump, someone who many feel used racist, sexist and anti-immigrant rhetoric, could have won.

The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources held a public hearing in Bayfield on Monday evening about its proposal for a permanent rule to maintain the cisco population in Wisconsin waters of Lake Superior. Cisco, or lake herring, is a food source for commercially important whitefish and lake trout.

President-elect Donald Trump hasn't released the details of his policy yet, but he has spoken about taxes, jobs and health care on the campaign trail. We talk to a financial reporter about how Trump's policies might impact the average consumer.